- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | April 20, 1960 |
Time: | 1306 |
Location: | Hickory, North Carolina |
Operator: | Piedmont Airlines / Private |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Cincinnati, OH - Hickory, NC |
AC Type: | Fairchild F-27 / Cessna 310 |
Registration: | N2704R/N1807H |
cn / ln: | 17 |
Aboard: | 44 (passengers:39 crew:5) |
Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft were involved in a midair collision while both were making an approach to land. The pilot of the Cessna, the over-taking aircraft, failed to see and avoid the F-27 during the landing appoach. Four died aboard the Cessna, none aboard the Fairchild. |
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